Thanks to everyone who dropped some local idioms in the previous SBI Giveaway... there were a couple of really great funny ones that I wanted to highligh (and also won a bonus SBI share!).

From @fredkese:

Twi:Way3 s3 nentwi beni
English" He's like how dung
Hard on the surface, but very soft when you step on,it

From @wwwiebe:

My favourite Canadianism is, by far, "You hoser." It's a playfully derogatory term to call someone a loser. In the late 19th, early 20th century ice hockey was played outdoors and there were no machines to clean the ice. The losing team was required to scrape and "hose" down the ice after the game, hence the term "hoser".

Some of my other favourites:

"Three (or four) sheets to the wind" for "falling over or passed out drunk."
"Four flusher" for "a$$h**"
"Sht or get off the pot" for "good god, make a decision."

This week, I've been thinking about broken or inefficient systems and organisational structures... and how it is best to try and work to repair them. Some people like to work from the inside, hoping to change the organisation before it changes them.... others prefer to agitate or create alternatives from the outside... with the risk that they are ignored.

My Question

1. Is it best to affect change from within or without? Why?

My sample answer

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I personally think that it is more effective to make changes from within a structure or organisation. To make change requires power, and for existing institutions... that means that sort of power resides from within, and they are resistant to change from outside bodies (self-preservation). That said, it is quite likely that institutional entropy becomes too much... and your efforts come to nothing... or the self-protecting consensus of the organisation proves too resistant and ends up targeting the change-maker.

However, change from outside is difficult at best... there are cases of paradigm shifts where a newcomer comes and disrupts an existing structure/organisation... but in many cases, it seems to evolve into the thing that it tried to displace in the first place! That said, agitating from outside feels more productive, as it has an element of direct action and opposition to something... however, I really think much of that is wasted energy and feels better than it is productive.

So, I guess it really rests on how I think things are best done in general.... I prefer re-directing and harnessing energy rather than making opposing forces... so, for me, that means that change is best achieved with gentle influence from within.

Rules

1. Upvote if you want, it increases the payout and then I can hopefully sponsor more people.
2. Resteem is NOT neccessary, but the more people see this, the more the people will be likely to be sponsored.
3. In the comments, answer as best as you can the questions that are posed in the "My Questions"!
4. I have added a small Steem-Bounty to the post, so that everyone who replies with a valid entry will get something back. If I give your post a small upvote, it is valid (also, subscribe to @dustsweeper for maximum benefit!).
5. I will be sponsoring as many people as this post pays out in liquid SBD/STEEM. Also I will kick in at least the required amount to round up to the full number. Winner is by random generator after a shortlisting of quality comments!

Steem Basic Income

One of the first communities that I came in contact with at the beginning of my time at Steemit was @steembasicincome. As a author starting out on your fresh new Steemit account, Steemit can be a daunting and lonely place to be. OFten, it can feel like you are posting into an abyss with no one listening and with no ability to grow out of the situation. A share of Steem Basic Income gives you a guaranteed vote on one post a day, thus giving you a small but over time cumulative support to your account to help grow you out of your initial wilderness!

With this post, I want to help sponsor people who might not even have the spare 1 STEEM that is required for registration. So, when this post pays out, I will sponsor people depending on the payout of this post. Basically, I will round up the SBD payout from this post and then that will be the number of people I will sponsor. (So, if the payout is 2.3 SBD, I will sponsor 3 people). OF course, this is not simply an altruistic move, as the sponsor of a Steem Basic Income share also gets a share, so it is a great way to help others whilst helping yourself!

Last week's winners

The last post paid out 0 SBD and 0.807 STEEM in liquid earnings. So, that would make 1 shares.

The winners by random draw are:

@sparkesy43

Bonus prizes to:

@wwwiebe

@fredkese